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Cathy McGowan, Sandie Shaw, Cilla Black, Lulu: Screening the Girls

Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 21 February 1964

SHE WANDERED into my office looking a bit vague — a tall, slender girl, with long, straight dark hair. Tinted glasses hid her lovely blue-grey ...

In this business where you're old at 20, Millie and Lulu are the Younger Fry

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 4 July 1964

WHILE THEIR elder sisters, Kathy Kirby, Dusty Springfield and Cilla Black sing moving songs about love and desertion, Millie and Lulu are to be found ...

How To Get Our Autograph — And Live!

Interview by uncredited writer, Disc, 14 August 1965

* stage door routine * butter-up compere * through fan club ...

"Fame Has Changed Me" — Lulu

Interview by Jean-Marie, Rave, September 1965

GIRL IN A GIRL'S WORLD ...

Lulu & the Luvvers: Marquee Club, London

Live Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 4 September 1965

LULU KNOCKS THEM OVER AT THE MARQUEE ...

Gene Pitney, Lulu: Finsbury Park Astoria, London

Live Review by uncredited writer, Music Echo, 30 October 1965

ARTHUR HOWE'S "Gene Pitney Show" opened at London's Finsbury Park Astoria on Friday with the American star giving a brilliant gimmick-free performance with an act ...

The Beach Boys, Lulu: Finsbury Park Astoria, London

Live Review by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 11 November 1966

SCREAMERS SILENCED! ...

The Beach Boys, Sounds Incorporated, Lulu: Finsbury Park Astoria, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 12 November 1966

Beach Boys get lads going! ...

The Beach Boys, Small Faces, Dusty Springfield et al: NME Poll Winners Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley, London

Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 13 May 1967

POLL SHOW THRILLS ALL THE WAY ...

Britain's Lulu Looks at America and the Hemlines

Report and Interview by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 4 August 1967

TO US LULU is the name of a comic strip character, but to the British Lulu is the name of an adorable 18-year-old pop singer. ...

A tiger in her £20,000 cage… Lulu at home

Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 30 November 1968

ITS ALWAYS news when pop stars move into houses — so few have permanent homes of any kind because they're always on the move. ...

Lulu: Learning New Things About Life

Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 7 December 1968

'AM I A TIGER?' ...

Mickie Most: Making Hit Records for the Government

Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 18 January 1969

ALAN WALSH TALKS TO MICKIE MOST, THE MAN BEHIND THE HIT MAKERS ...

No Time For Lulu

Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 25 January 1969

LULU IS finding that twenty four hours are not enough to cope with her string of commitments which includes a television series, the Eurovision Song ...

Lulu: New Routes (Acto 228 031)

Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 3 January 1970

THERE HAS to come a time when Lulu is properly assessed for her part in pop. Maybe this American produced Atlantic sound album will do ...

Honour Lulu

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 24 November 1973

"I SUPPOSE I've sold-out, because I do cabaret. Isn't that what they say?" Alan Price said that recently in his dry, laconic way, understanding full ...

Lulu: Back For More

Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, Goldmine, 1 April 1994

SHE DOESN'T do it deliberately, she says, but you can set your watch by Lulu, and the most surprising thing is, she still takes everyone ...

Lulu: The Atco Sesssions

Sleeve notes by Kieron Tyler, Atlantic Records, September 2007

LULU'S 1970 ALBUM New Routes has long been recognised as a landmark soulful classic – the album that finally provided the showcase Lulu's voice deserved. ...

Lulu: The Atco Sessions

Review by Daryl Easlea, bbc.co.uk, November 2007

The Atco Sessions will hopefully do its bit to restore Lulu's credibility. ...

Lulu: "I've had the most unbelievable life"

Retrospective and Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Event Magazine, 28 February 2015

POP STARDOM at 15. Two failed marriages – one to a hard-drinking Bee Gee. An "insane" affair with David Bowie. Turning down Frank Sinatra. Cheating ...

Ronnie Wood: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 22 November 2019

Lulu and Imelda May bring powerhouse guest vocals but the Rolling Stone can't match up in this mediocre homage. ...

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